DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 30, 2022
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./Western Gulf of Mexico... Wildfires continue to burn in north-central and southwestern New Mexico, producing light to moderate density smoke moving eastward across the state. Light smoke from these wildfires began dispersing toward the northeast into western-central Oklahoma and Kansas, and Texas before the cloud cover settled. Remnant smoke from the New Mexico wildfires, along with fire activity throughout the U.S, combined to form a large plume of light smoke that covered much of the central U.S. and extended northeastward over towards Massachusetts,along the Atlantic coast and southward over northwest Florida and western Gulf of Mexico. Smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico is likely to be contributing, most likely to the smoke visible in southern half of the U.S and the Gulf of Mexico. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean... A large plume of primarily light to moderate density smoke from heaving fire activity mixed with aerosols from oil/gas flaring and other industrial sources were observed in Mexico was observed this morning covering most of Mexico and extending offshore to the south and west of Mexico over the Pacific. The smoke also extended over the western Gulf of Mexico where it mixed with smoke from U.S. Moderate density smoke was observed over eastern Mexico and extending east, engulfing much of the western Gulf of Mexico. Another patch of moderate density smoke was observed over in parts of southern Mexico and extending into the Pacific ocean. Nguyen THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov